No visa needed

Do citizens of Sweden need a visa for Senegal?

Citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for Senegal and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Sweden: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Stockholm — Dakar: ≈ 5,750 km, about 7.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Senegal without a visa on a Sweden passport?

Yes, citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for Senegal for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Senegal visa rules at a glance

With a Sweden passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sweden passport ranks 6th of 199.
Sweden passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Senegal passport: 33.
Citizens of Sweden and Senegal can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Tunisia, Palestine, Gambia, Cape Verde, Seychelles, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Philippines, Malaysia, Mozambique, Singapore, Micronesia, and Fiji.
Citizens of Senegal, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of Senegal

Travelling to Senegal: good to know

Stockholm — Dakar: about 5,750 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Stockholm 12:00 — Dakar 10:00.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Senegal is the 87th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.